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Budget: about $1,000 mostly for Gaming/media encoding. i don't plan on overclocking. i have peripherals. Any issues with this setup? $64 Cooler Master Centurion 534 (RC-534-SKR5) ATX Mid-Tower Case $195 ASUS P6T SE LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard $280 Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core $107 Crucial 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin SDRAM DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Triple Channel $80 750GB WD Caviar Black $26 Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Black SATA $130 ASUS EAH4870 DK/HTDI/1GD5 Radeon HD 4870 1GB $110 Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit $992 TOTAL thanks!
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Wow! I had been looking at a case+PSU and must have gotten confused! Ok updated plan: $60 COOLER MASTER Centurion 590 RC ATX Mid-Tower Case $110 CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V PSU $195 ASUS P6T SE LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard $280 Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core $115 OCZ Platinum 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) $80 750GB WD Caviar Black $26 Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Black SATA $145 XFX HD-487A-ZHFC Radeon HD 4870 1GB $0 Windows 7RC Thoughts? Suggestions?
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Looks better. :thumbup: For a $60 case, make sure you have enough fans. You'll want at least 1 intake fan and one exhaust fan, preferably more.
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You could back off on the processor speed a little and possibly save a little. Newegg has a 1 tb seagate for $80. Is that where you are getting your prices from? Is that board triple channel ? If it isn't and is only dual channel then you have the wrong configuration (3 sticks) for that.
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Is that board triple channel ?

If you don't feel like searching for a correct answer to the questions and problems posed, why bother even taking the time to answer? A very quick spot of research (less than half a minute) takes me to this page.

Also if you are suggesting the OP "back off on the processor speed a little", what are you suggesting - to underclock the CPU? To replace it with a different one (in which case, give a compatible example)?

I'm not trying to discourage you from helping; rather consider it as a little guidance to posting helpful responses.

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